tatemave tatəmaβə strong noun
Kinship
mother-in-law
📘 Counterpart terms are: r̄oqogë ‘daughter-in-law’, qiyige ‘son-in-law’.
synonymr̄oqogë
synonymqoyga~
tawuluk tawulʉk strong noun
teqay təkʷaj noun
grouper: a fish familySerranidae.
| Ne teqay in, ne vegevage te n̄wute pene tom “ne peyë”.That grouper is called in our language “ne peyë”. |
teqö təkʷɵ
töqö
noun
PNCV*taᵐbʷu-aPOc*taᵐbusacred, taboo
teqtoq təkʷtɔkʷ adverb
Redup. toq
(act) in a pious way, in adequacy with constraints associated with initiation rituals
vën teqtoq verb, intransitive
mango piousenter a period of ritual restrictions on food and sexual relations, during the process of initiation
| Sise vën teqtoq, sise veyvoy: sise tat gon ne pēgone; sise tat vën yeqyōq mi tun̄wuyegë. Ike mas yöy teqtoq voy-kön̄ voy-kön̄ voy-kön̄.As [initiates] become pious, they must enter a mode of avoidance. They aren't allowed to eat anything from the sea; and they cannot go around with women. You must live piously like that, every single day. |
synonymveyvoy
toq tɔkʷ adjective
POc *taᵐbʷu*taᵐbuunapproachable, off limits
Christianity
2 – hencesacred, holy
| Mama te r̄ēne, ne ya në toq.Our father in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. |
n̄wute toq noun
taboo placelocations on the island known to be haunted by ghosts and spirits (temët), and to which visits are advised against
4 – topictaboo, not meant to be mentioned in public
| Ne voygë pe nëne nëgë toq, tite tat vegevage vitikëyë ie n̄wute pe tuqun̄-kë ve toge ie mi tun̄wuyegë.Subjects like that are a bit taboo: you can't just mention it randomly when kids or women are around. |
synonymtr̄an̄e
tayö toq noun
sacred persona man endowed with supernatural, magic powers, hence worthy of higher status in the grade-taking system (suqe)
| Sise kar̄’ ike r̄ē tuye tom n̄wë tom ike on r̄ōw wr̄og, ike ne tayö toq.ritual pedestal vl:tuyeThey'll shoot arrows at you [as you stand] on the stone pedestal; if you survive, this means you're a magic man. |
6 – s.th., locationof restricted access, due to its association with initiation rituals or grade-taking ceremonies
| Tekn̄wa pe sise ve suqe piti, sise tan̄wöy on r̄ak ne temët yö teqö toq.Only those who have gone through initiation are entitled to handle spirits in the sacred enclosure. |
vönyö toq noun
History
sacred landarea in a village that was restricted to initiated men, and forbidden to non-initiates
| Ne qor̄ ve toge takē vönyö toq. Takē vönyö toq pe takē n̄wute pe ne gemoy vē ēn eye.Stone mausoleums [for high chiefs] are erected on sacred land. We call ‘sacred land’ the area around the house of initiated men (gemoy). |
